Obituaries

Richard L. Alwood, age 85, of Edon, Ohio, died at 3:16 P.M. on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient after a brief illness. Mr. Alwood was a 1949 graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of …

Rose Marie Butcher, 83, of Montpelier, passed away early Sunday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on August 12, 1932 in Montpelier to Henry A. and Lucy (Gee) Majean. Rose graduated from Montpelier High School in 1950 and attended Bowling Green State University where she …

Mitchell D. Strock, 56 years, formerly of California, currently of Paulding, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Mitchell was born September 5, 1959 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, son of the late George O. and Helen J. (Hawk) Strock. He worked at …

Donald E. Rice, 73 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Don was born April 2, 1942, in Farmer, Ohio, the son of Dale B. and Cleda M. (Dossett) Rice. He was a 1960 graduate of Fairview High School and a …

Harold W. Brown Sr. born on April 27, 1949 in Wauseon, OH passed away Tuesday March 29, 2016 in his home from Cancer. He is the son of Shirley Brown and the late Donald Brown. Proceeded in death by his father Donald Brown also of Wauseon, OH and Linda Jones …

Mary I. Grime, age 80, of Archbold, passed away Wednesday morning, March 30, 2016 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold. Prior to her retirement she had owned and operated the Twilight Inn for 35 years. Mary was born in Lenawee County, Michigan on July 1, 1935, the daughter of …

Thane R. Wooley, age 14, passed away on Wednesday, march 29, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a courageous battle with cancer. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

John W. Bish, 70 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. John was born May 4, 1945 in Montpelier, Ohio, the son of the late Harry and Evelyn (Miller) Bish. He was a 1963 graduate of Stryker High School. John …

Linda G. Cheek, age 68, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:40 A.M. on Monday, March 28, 2016, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Cheek was employed by Edgerton Metals for over twenty-five years and retired from JCIM in Bryan, …

Daniel K. Spies, age 74 of Wauseon, Ohio, died Saturday March 26, 2016 in Fulton County Health Center, Wauseon, Ohio. He was born April 24, 1941 in York, Pa. to the late Alvine Kenneth and Isabelle Virginia (Ritz) Spies. He married Teresa A. Marshall on October 14, 1995 and she …